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Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
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Cover artist | Richard Cuffari (hardback) |
Language | English |
Series | Polly O'Keefe |
Genre | Young adult mystery novel |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | April 1, 1976 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 293 pp |
ISBN | 0-374-31868-9 |
OCLC | 2020677 |
LC Class | PZ7.L5385 Dr |
Preceded by | The Arm of the Starfish |
Followed by | A House Like a Lotus |
Dragons in the Waters (ISBN 0-374-31868-9) is a 1976 young adult murder mystery by Madeleine L'Engle, the second title to feature her character Poly O'Keefe. Its protagonist is thirteen-year-old Simon Bolivar Quentin Phair Renier, an impoverished orphan from an aristocratic Southern family. The title comes from Psalm 74:13.